Curtain-fasten ing



(No Model.)

S. WOOLLEY.

CURTAIN FASTENING.

Patented Nov 20', 1888.

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SAMUEL \VOOLLEY, OF LONG BRANCH, NE\V JERSEY.

CU RTAIN-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,286, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed Febrnaryfll, 1888. Serial No. 264,765. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, SAMUEL WooLLnY,a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Branch, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ourtain-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to carriage-curtain fastenings; and the purpose thereof is to provide carriages and similar vehicles with a simple, durable, and inexpensive fastening, by the use of which the curtain may be quickly and easily fastened and unfastened without material wear upon the slots or button-holes formed in the leather patch attached to the curtain.

The invention consists in the several novel features of construction and new combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and then definitely pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a fastener embodying my invention detached from the vehicle. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, showing the curtain attached. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of the parts composing the fastening separated from each other.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 denotes a screw having a smooth shank, 2, and a slotted head, 3, of any suitable form. The threaded end of the screw is of such length as to enter the wood of the carriageframe far enough to give it a strong hold. The construction of these parts is such, moreover, that the diameter of the shank 2 is about equal to the outside diameter of the threaded portion, and it might be made of greater diameter without affecting the results proposed.

Upon the shank 2 is slipped a button consisting of acylindrical body, 4, havinga flange, 5, which lies adjacent to the head 3 of the screw 1, and which is provided with oppositelyprojecting lugs 6, which are preferably tapered from their flat rearward faces toward the front. At the rear end of the cylindrical body is formed a flange, 7, of any size suitable for the confinement of the curtain. The head of the screw is, in the preferred form of construction, of small size, and the flange 5 is of a diameter but little greater than that of the screw-head. The body of the button is bored out to slip easily on and off the shank 2, and small washers 8 may be inserted between the screw-head and the flange 5, and between the flange 7 and the part to which the screw is attached.

The numeral 9 designates the curtain,formed ers 8 bear upon the opposite ends of the button to keep the latter at all times in proper position. Moreover, by my inventionthe button is provided with two oppositely-projecting flanges or lugs, giving a convenient hold to the hand. I avoid wear upon the curtain by reason of the shank of the button being made of comparatively large size. By providing the double lugs the button is far less liable to be turned by the swaying or surging of the curtain.

The construction is cheap, highly ornamental, simple and easily operated, and more secure and durable than the fastenings heretofore in use.

I am aware of Letters Patent No. 211,287 and 228,536, and do not wish to be understood as claiming the curtain-fastenings therein disclosed. My invention differs from such prior devices in that my tubular cylinder receives and holds the curtain and is rotatable on a common wood-screw, and is formed integral with a laterallyprojecting annular flange at its inner end, which not only affords an extended and wide bearing against the carriage-work, but likewise maintains the curtain on the cylinder,and also prevents the edges of 5 the button-hole from binding or rubbing between the inner end of the cylinder and the carriage framework, if no inner washer be used, or between such inner end of the cylinder and the inner washer on the screw, if 1:0

such washer be employed. I can thus dispense with the inner washer, and yet the construction of the cylinder itself is such as to prevent the edges of the buttonhole from getting between the inner end of the cylinder and the carriage frame-work, and, further, by keeping the curtain on the cylinder and preventing the edges of the button-hole from gaining access behind the cylinder, I can use stitched leather or like patches of fine material for the buttonholes without danger of their being rubbed or frayed between the cylinder and the framework, thereby avoiding metallic plates in which to place the button-holes.

What I claim is A carriage-curtain fastener consisting of a headed wood-screw, 1, having the smooth shank 2 and adapted to screw into the earriage frame-work, and the tubular cylinder 4, loosely journaled on the smooth shank of the screw and formed integral with a laterallyprojecting surrounding flange, 7, at its inner end, for maintaining the curtain on the cylinder and preventing the edges of the buttonhole getting between the inner end of the cylinder and the said frame-work, and having at its outer end the annular flange 5, bearing against the screw-head, and from which extend in opposite directions the lugs or finger-pieces 6, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL WVOOLLEY. Witnesses:

ALONZO D. SHERMAN, G120. W. BROWN. 

